Current perspective on endomyocardial fibrosis

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-410

  Tharakan, Jaganmohan ^a   Bohora, Shomu ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Apices and inflow; Current perspective; Endomyocardial fibrosis; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849105762     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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